Lawyer Profile
Sean K. Boyle
Vancouver, British Columbia
Overview
Sean's practice involves all aspects of corporate/commercial litigation, with an emphasis on business, securities and mining disputes. He regularly defends financial institutions, public companies, directors, and officers in class actions. Sean's trial and appellate experience in commercial litigation matters includes contested merger transactions, takeover bids, plans of arrangements, shareholder litigation, dissent proceedings, contractual disputes and negligence claims.
Sean has experience advising clients on compliance with domestic and international anticorruption legislation, including the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act.
Sean also advises investment dealers on matters of regulatory compliance and has represented clients in regulatory investigations and hearings conducted by the B.C. Securities Commission and other provincial securities commissions, the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) and the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada (MFDA).
Sean's experience includes a secondment to the B.C. Securities Commission (enforcement division), where he negotiated settlements and appeared as counsel in commission hearings.
Successfully defending, at trial and on appeal, allegations of negligent misrepresentation and breaches of fiduciary duties in a complex commercial action
Defending a claim for unpaid invoices and additional costs incurred by the general contractor, along with the prosecution of counterclaims, with respect to the construction of a waste water treatment plant
Successfully having all claims dismissed after a 43-day trial of an action for an unpaid brokerage fee of approximately C$17-million arising from the sale of a business
Conducting international anticorruption investigations and due diligence for multinational clients in connection with allegations of improper payments to government officials in Asia and Africa
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2000 (BC); 2000 (SK)